Black Stars down Eagles in WAFU Cup final

Phillip Cunningham |Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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"Aside the fact that Ghana played at home and played against their bitter rivals, they also wanted to take their pound of flesh from the Super Eagles who had beaten them 2-0 in the group stage of the competition".

Rabiu Ali's late strike from a free-kick was a mere consolation for the Nigerians.

Miss Arumma Eneh, a teacher and soccer enthusiast blamed the Eagles technical crew for the loss, noting that Coach Salisu Yusuf made no tactical impact to the match.

Stephen Sarfo scored a brace for the Black Stars while Atinga and Cobbinah scored a goal each for the hosts to seal the match for the Black Stars.

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Nigeria defender Stephen Eze's bad tackle on Razak earned Ghana another opportunity to score a goal from the spot in the 77th minute.

Akas missed another great opportunity at the other end and Ghana were quick to punish it through Atingah's penalty after substitute Patrick Razak was tripped inside the box.

Konadu was delighted his troops managed to cap an impressive display at the WAFU tournament with four goals in the final.

However, the team has come good in the ongoing sub-regional tournament after recovering from a shaky start against Gambia and has now booked a ticket to the grand final after beating Niger 2-0 on Thursday.

The only down side for the Ghana was the expulsion of Vincent Atingah after receiving his second yellow card in the 90th minute.

"I think the two best teams of the competition have qualified to the finals and we hope they would give us a better game on Sunday".

Barrister Dalung said he will be in Ghana to motivate Nigeria's players who are mostly drawn from the Nigeria Professional Football league NPFL.

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